The camp which lasted 5 days has ended yesterday(Monday). These camps are special in the sense that they are held once every 5 years and compromise of organisations from overseas, as well as organisations other than BB, which are either local or foreign.But of course, majority of the campers are local BB Boys as these camps are organised by BB Singapore. This year's camp is the fourth one. Joining the Singapore BB Companies Boys are the local Girls' Guide(10 girls and 1 Madam), NCC(8 guys), BB Malaysia(10 Boys, 1 Captain and Madam), BB Thailand(23 Boys and 4 Officers), BB Philippines(4 Boys), BBMP(don't know what it stands for, 3 Boys), and CHC(also no idea on what it stands for, 1 helper or Officer). In total, we had 663 campers altogether! We were divided into groups, aka guilds in the camp : Paladins, Missionaries, Judges, Crusaders, Priests and Knights. In each guilds, members were divided further into smaller groups, aka societies, of 10. I was allocated to Paladins, and there I met a few friends whom I first met at the LDC2 Camp not long before this camp. Unfortunately, out of all the campers, none were Japanese. And there goes my hope, hoping to make some jap friends from the camp. Haiz, will not go further, lest I get too obsessed and decided to commit suicide, lol. 7 other friends from my Company went for the camp as well. It was held in Kranji Campsite(ALTC).
There were lots of activities in store for us such as rock climbing, paintball, archery etc and many others. The rock climbing, paintball, and some physical trainings were held in NCC HQ, I believe. The rest were mostly held in the campsite itself, apart from a mini 'Amazing Race' in Sungei Buloh. Got too many activities that I forgot some of the happenings, so I'll make it short for this. The food was great, with western food for some of our meals. But something hilarious is that, my friends from other guilds said that most of them had frequent visits to the toilet, especially for one 'fateful' supper, where some claimed the bread were expired! And those who ate them had diarrhoea or something, LOL. I was fortunate as I skipped supper for that night as I wasn't in serious need of food.
On Saturday night, we had a campfire. Performances were staged by a band, apparently from City Harvest Church. They sang songs like Sk8ter Boy(Avril Lavigne), Bring Me To Life(Evanescence), Wake Me Up When September Ends(Green Day) and others. There was even a dance competition, where each guild sent a representative up on stage to compete with those from other guilds. At the end of the performance and stuffs, the band played christian music, and quite a number of guys went to the front, started jumping and clapping and praising the Lord. And I was one of them. To end the event, we celebrated the 75th anniversary of BB Singapore. Thereafter, everyone proceeded to the cookhouse(canteen) to have supper like every other days. Oh yeah, I remember now, that was the day when the 'fateful' supper were served, lol.
On Sunday night, there was a 'Free Market', where every guild set up 2 stalls. The objective was to gain as much coupons as possible from 'customers'. We were given 12 coupons each and we went around the place 'shopping'. My guild, Paladins, sold water bombs and photo takings. Others sold stuffs like sugar cane drinks, candies, lollie pops, bookmarks etc. At the end, our guild master told us our guild earned the most from the event, giving us a slight edge over the other guilds. Forgot the rest of the details.
On the last day, the final game was a series of games played among all the guilds at the same time. Skipping all about the games, everyone changed to their full-uniform to prepare for the Closing Ceremony, but I was excused as I'll be leaving earlier. So at 3pm, 4 other friends from my Company and I left the campsite for BB HQ as our band will be heading to a church in Prinsep Street to lead. Btw, the BB Company from that particular church happens to be the 1st BB Company in Singapore, but of course all of us knew about it.
At the BB HQ, we took a rest first. We chatted about the camp. 2 of my officers said they managed to get hold of a girl's number each, lol. I wasn't pretty much interested in getting their numbers. It'll be a different story altogether if they were japs, but that wasn't the case. After a rest and a briefing from our one of our officer, we packed the guitars and went to the church, where we had one more practice. At 7pm+, the band started leading the small congregation. However, I was totally off-form for that night, kept on going off pitch. That night, it was like a normal service, where a person will be up on stage and sharing lessons etc. It ended at around 9.30pm, headed home.
A friend and I decided to take a train home. We walked without knowing where the MRT Station is located at. But fortunately, we managed to find the station, Little India. And my goodness, at that time, the place was so deserted. As we took the long escalator down, it was as though we're in a graveyard, not a single soul in sight. My imaginations went wild and thought of zombies, feasting on corpses and waiting for us right at the foot of the escalator, lol. However, as we headed further into the station, human came to sight, not zombies, so don't think too much. And I made the 'greatest discovery' about escalators. And that is, when the escalator is not in use, it'll slow down, most probably to cut cost on running the escalator. When I experimented by going closer to the escalator, it gained speed to it's original speed. Before that, I was puzzled at why that is so, but soon arrived at this conclusion after the second 'try'. And so, nothing much happened after that, just took a train home. Home Sweet Home!
After a bath, I took over the computer from my brother and started downloading game videos which were posted at a forum during the past few days. I was very tired that night after a long day and my eyelids were getting heavier with each passing minute, but endured till most of the videos were downloaded before heading to bed. End of day.
As of today, I stayed at home the entire day, finish downloading the remaining videos, played a little of my computer game, and chatting with friends. And tonight, I finally managed to upload a song for my blog! I was delighted that my blog was completed with a song, with some help from Reuben. Thanks for that. That's the end of today too. I won't be around for the next 3 days again, and will be back on Friday night. Tomorrow, I'll be staying overnight at the BB HQ as my friend and I will be carrying out our PFM(Potential Founders' Man) duties for the SGB(Sharity Gift Box). PFM are people who applied for the Founders' Man badge, which is the highest award a senior Boy can attain, and will have to complete projects in order to qualify for the award, and our PFM duties are part of the project. Nothing else to add on, so a full-stop will be in place here. Everyone, so long, and goodnight.
Wednesday, 7/12/05, 12.20am
There were lots of activities in store for us such as rock climbing, paintball, archery etc and many others. The rock climbing, paintball, and some physical trainings were held in NCC HQ, I believe. The rest were mostly held in the campsite itself, apart from a mini 'Amazing Race' in Sungei Buloh. Got too many activities that I forgot some of the happenings, so I'll make it short for this. The food was great, with western food for some of our meals. But something hilarious is that, my friends from other guilds said that most of them had frequent visits to the toilet, especially for one 'fateful' supper, where some claimed the bread were expired! And those who ate them had diarrhoea or something, LOL. I was fortunate as I skipped supper for that night as I wasn't in serious need of food.
On Saturday night, we had a campfire. Performances were staged by a band, apparently from City Harvest Church. They sang songs like Sk8ter Boy(Avril Lavigne), Bring Me To Life(Evanescence), Wake Me Up When September Ends(Green Day) and others. There was even a dance competition, where each guild sent a representative up on stage to compete with those from other guilds. At the end of the performance and stuffs, the band played christian music, and quite a number of guys went to the front, started jumping and clapping and praising the Lord. And I was one of them. To end the event, we celebrated the 75th anniversary of BB Singapore. Thereafter, everyone proceeded to the cookhouse(canteen) to have supper like every other days. Oh yeah, I remember now, that was the day when the 'fateful' supper were served, lol.
On Sunday night, there was a 'Free Market', where every guild set up 2 stalls. The objective was to gain as much coupons as possible from 'customers'. We were given 12 coupons each and we went around the place 'shopping'. My guild, Paladins, sold water bombs and photo takings. Others sold stuffs like sugar cane drinks, candies, lollie pops, bookmarks etc. At the end, our guild master told us our guild earned the most from the event, giving us a slight edge over the other guilds. Forgot the rest of the details.
On the last day, the final game was a series of games played among all the guilds at the same time. Skipping all about the games, everyone changed to their full-uniform to prepare for the Closing Ceremony, but I was excused as I'll be leaving earlier. So at 3pm, 4 other friends from my Company and I left the campsite for BB HQ as our band will be heading to a church in Prinsep Street to lead. Btw, the BB Company from that particular church happens to be the 1st BB Company in Singapore, but of course all of us knew about it.
At the BB HQ, we took a rest first. We chatted about the camp. 2 of my officers said they managed to get hold of a girl's number each, lol. I wasn't pretty much interested in getting their numbers. It'll be a different story altogether if they were japs, but that wasn't the case. After a rest and a briefing from our one of our officer, we packed the guitars and went to the church, where we had one more practice. At 7pm+, the band started leading the small congregation. However, I was totally off-form for that night, kept on going off pitch. That night, it was like a normal service, where a person will be up on stage and sharing lessons etc. It ended at around 9.30pm, headed home.
A friend and I decided to take a train home. We walked without knowing where the MRT Station is located at. But fortunately, we managed to find the station, Little India. And my goodness, at that time, the place was so deserted. As we took the long escalator down, it was as though we're in a graveyard, not a single soul in sight. My imaginations went wild and thought of zombies, feasting on corpses and waiting for us right at the foot of the escalator, lol. However, as we headed further into the station, human came to sight, not zombies, so don't think too much. And I made the 'greatest discovery' about escalators. And that is, when the escalator is not in use, it'll slow down, most probably to cut cost on running the escalator. When I experimented by going closer to the escalator, it gained speed to it's original speed. Before that, I was puzzled at why that is so, but soon arrived at this conclusion after the second 'try'. And so, nothing much happened after that, just took a train home. Home Sweet Home!
After a bath, I took over the computer from my brother and started downloading game videos which were posted at a forum during the past few days. I was very tired that night after a long day and my eyelids were getting heavier with each passing minute, but endured till most of the videos were downloaded before heading to bed. End of day.
As of today, I stayed at home the entire day, finish downloading the remaining videos, played a little of my computer game, and chatting with friends. And tonight, I finally managed to upload a song for my blog! I was delighted that my blog was completed with a song, with some help from Reuben. Thanks for that. That's the end of today too. I won't be around for the next 3 days again, and will be back on Friday night. Tomorrow, I'll be staying overnight at the BB HQ as my friend and I will be carrying out our PFM(Potential Founders' Man) duties for the SGB(Sharity Gift Box). PFM are people who applied for the Founders' Man badge, which is the highest award a senior Boy can attain, and will have to complete projects in order to qualify for the award, and our PFM duties are part of the project. Nothing else to add on, so a full-stop will be in place here. Everyone, so long, and goodnight.
Wednesday, 7/12/05, 12.20am
Ayumi Rox!
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